[tor-talk] clockskewer attack

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Wed Oct 3 15:39:44 UTC 2012


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From: Ted Smith <tedks at riseup.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:09:00 -0400
To: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
Cc: cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net
Subject: Re: [tor-talk] clockskewer attack

The "attack" assumes that the targeted hidden service is running a Tor
relay.

On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 16:52 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
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> Found some interesting news on reddit.    I dont know the tech behind it, 
> but is sounds like playing with Clock allows you to get the IP address of 
> the hidden service
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> http://www.reddit.com/r/onions/comments/10usgv/clock_skewing_a_clever_unconventional_means_of/
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> http://pastebin.com/PfXUm3VQ
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> Is this something to be worried about?
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